By Sam Agona
It is one year since Ebola broke out in West Africa and this piece in the New Vision gives a view on state of the Health Systems in West Africa prior to the outbreak and how the response behaved.
Posters
used in West Sierra Leone to inform people about Ebola
A
member of the Ebola response team being disinfected as they remove their
protective equipment
It is one year since Ebola broke out in West Africa and this piece in the New Vision gives a view on state of the Health Systems in West Africa prior to the outbreak and how the response behaved.
An Ebola Care Centre
constructed in Liberia as a response strategy
A
woman showing signs of Ebola stretched off to an Ebola Care Center in Liberia
As
a communication strategy, a salon car being used to inform people about Ebola
(Photo by CDC Global)
An
Ebola Travel Questionnaire used at entry point by countries to prevent the
spread of Ebola into other countries.
In
Sierra Leone, hand washing was emphasized by scaling access to washing
equipment
Boots
used by Ebola team response group, part of their Protective Equipment washed
and spread to dry.
A
rapid diagnostic tool for Ebola that was initially tested in Guinea; at the
peak of infection, diagnosis was taking up to days, this did not only make
treatment a challenge but once an Ebola suspect showed signs of infection,
delay in testing meant they stayed infectious for longer periods and yet not
proved.
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